Example sentences of "[verb] the other [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Er , we met the other day . |
| 2 | Gregson met the other man 's gaze and pulled a small photograph from the inside pocket of his jacket . |
| 3 | After 100 miraculous kilometres we met the other bus returning to Francistown . |
| 4 | He unlocked the other cupboard , opened both doors and ran his finger along the top shelf . |
| 5 | If you choose to abandon formality ( 'Why do n't we discuss this over a drink ? ' ) then you are playing high status in that you 're taking this decision , and allowing the other person perhaps to rise above their station . |
| 6 | this geezer from Bedlam yeah got stopped the other day in this car yeah , he was pissed , he was tripping and he was speeding yeah , no M O T , no licence , no tax , no ruddy insurance yeah |
| 7 | If the company 's business involves dealing in goods the records must also contain a statement of stock held at the end of the financial year and statements of stocktakings from which that was prepared , and , except in the case of goods sold in the ordinary course of retail trade , statements of all goods sold or purchased , in sufficient detail to enable the other party to be identified . |
| 8 | In the sonnets on the Rival Poet , for instance , whether the first or second person dominates , the technique of praising the other poet while denigrating oneself is clearly ironic , as J. W. Lever 's discussion has shown . |
| 9 | Follow it with a question that involves the other person . |
| 10 | A wronged woman might stab her husband with scissors , cut up his clothes or ram the other woman 's car , but the consequences are not predictable . |
| 11 | They looked intently at him , then at each other , then executed a smart about-face ; the scullion with the loaf threw it at the other , who caught it and started to hit the other minion over the head with it as they ran back into the mist the way they had come , their figures — one crouched almost double , one striking out with the loaf of bread — and their running footsteps quickly absorbed by the rolling mists . |
| 12 | and you 've got to go the other way . |
| 13 | But in this case , the evidence seemed to go the other way , and was the express reason why the magistrates dismissed the charges . |
| 14 | Th th the trouble is the government seems to go the other way , and er , when when it should be learning my opinion , lowering the age at which you receive your pension , they want to extend the age into which you have to work . |
| 15 | I can work that way , I 've got to go the other way . |
| 16 | Then if you want blue to go the other side of the hoop and black to go here say , to the black wo n't go quite so far and the blue will . |
| 17 | anyway to go the other side on the other |
| 18 | An individual who can control and coordinate the other team members , who recognises their talents but is not threatened by them , and who is concerned with what is feasible rather than what is exciting or imaginative . |
| 19 | In order to win an election , a party would make extravagant promises , doing so in order to outbid the other party . |
| 20 | Fold down one wire half to lie against the stem , wind the other half around stem and wire . |
| 21 | Any other bird would have flown the other way . |
| 22 | New signing Alex Taylor from Falkirk ‘ made the other play and had a great game ’ , according to Collins , while recalled striker Colin McGlashen found renewed zest for the game . |
| 23 | " Only the Commander was upset with nerves on account of a remark I made the other night . |
| 24 | She put four mince pies in a little basket she 'd decorated earlier when she made the other table decorations , put on her coat and was out of the back door in a flash . |
| 25 | It 's what I made the other week . |
| 26 | The end of the halyard goes through the end goes through the end fitting and then we tie a little stopper knot in the end , then we bring the other end of the halyard down and make it up tight on this crease at the bottom of the mast . |
| 27 | I 'd meant her to lose control and give me an opportunity , but it was proving the other way around . |
| 28 | It belonged to an extremely important erm civic family , Thomas and John Smith , who are the two important ones during the civil war , Thomas was mayor just before the War , John Smith was a member of parliament in the Long Parliament , and erm there 's a slightly complicated story to the house , Thomas moved out of it just before the war and built another one way up the street , but John stayed there , and another important landowner in Marston , Umpton Croak , owned the other half of it . |
| 29 | Using the other person 's name early on in the transaction also helps establish rapport , so long as it is n't inappropriately familiar or done in a routine , ‘ mechanical ’ way . |
| 30 | I 've n I 've been using the other keyboard all on the X T and I ca n't get used to this one yet . |